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Hello, from Yet Another Late Diagnosed Autistic Person

Jeff

Hello everyone,

My name is "Jeff", and I was late diagnosed in March 2024. I believe I've been experiencing 'burnout' for many years.

I'm also trying to get to grips with my identity. Questioning things that I've done or liked doing, and wondering if I really like them.

My long-term depression and anxiety might be confusing things for me, further.

Some stuff that I do, that may give you a better sense of me:

  • I listen to music: XTC.
  • I love Blake's 7 and The Prisoner.
  • I used to play a lot of board games.
  • I dabbled in astronomy.
  • I practice karate.
  • I have a season ticket for Tottenham Hotspur, but I've rarely attended games over the past couple of years.
  • I exercise regularly.

My feeling of mental exhaustion impacts all areas of my life, but doesn't appear to affect my physical energy.

I wonder if 'movement' is something that helps me.

All the best.

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  • Hi Jeff, welcome to the community! 

    Yeah being diagnosed can through up a lot of questions and lead to you looking at your life with a different lens. Burnout is also tough, you need to take it easy on yourself to work through it and be more careful with your energy afterwards to prevent slipping back in. 

    I like board games too, though I don't always have a chance to play them with kids, but still seem to end up with more each year! 

    Hope you can feel be at home here! All the best!

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Hello  ,

    Thank you :).

    What's your favourite board game and what's your favourity Studio Ghibli film?

  • in reply to Jeff

    Oh it's hard to pick favourites, but one I've cherished most is probably spirited away (I have a browser theme for firefox with Chihiro flying with Haku.) Howl's moving castle makes me feel like a child though, and Totoro, well who isn't in love with that, we even went to see the stage show in London!! I was so desperate to see it, I even managed to organise us a trip there for it, I just had to organise everything in detail so I felt comfortable.

    Boardgame, I think it's Wingspan, even though i've barely played it, I keep collecting the expansions so I get all the bird cards (another big interest). We've played a lot of them though, favourite 2 player co-op at the moment is Skyteam, where two of you have to land a plane! Race to the Raft is also a lot of co-op fun, trying to get a bunch of cats off a burning island and onto the aforementioned raft. 

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  • in reply to Jeff

    Oh it's hard to pick favourites, but one I've cherished most is probably spirited away (I have a browser theme for firefox with Chihiro flying with Haku.) Howl's moving castle makes me feel like a child though, and Totoro, well who isn't in love with that, we even went to see the stage show in London!! I was so desperate to see it, I even managed to organise us a trip there for it, I just had to organise everything in detail so I felt comfortable.

    Boardgame, I think it's Wingspan, even though i've barely played it, I keep collecting the expansions so I get all the bird cards (another big interest). We've played a lot of them though, favourite 2 player co-op at the moment is Skyteam, where two of you have to land a plane! Race to the Raft is also a lot of co-op fun, trying to get a bunch of cats off a burning island and onto the aforementioned raft. 

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